Note the date: February 6, 1982, when, at the instigation of filmmaker and psychotherapist Linda Buzzell, 75 docmakers gathered in Los Angeles for a charter meeting of the International Documentary...
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Essential Doc Reads is a weekly feature in which the IDA staff recommends recent pieces about the documentary form and its processes. Here we feature think pieces and important news items from around...

Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Premiering March 18 on POV, 306 Hollywood, from Jonathan and Elan Bogarin, is a...

Essential Doc Reads is a weekly feature in which the IDA staff recommends recent pieces about the documentary form and its processes. Here we feature think pieces and important news items from around...

Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Premiering March 15 on Paramount Network, I Am Richard Pryor, from Jesse James...

Essential Doc Reads is a weekly feature in which the IDA staff recommends recent pieces about the documentary form and its processes. Here we feature think pieces and important news items from around...

Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. The Case Against Adnan Syed, a four-part series directed by Amy Berg...

Amidst an exceptionally (though necessary) rainy winter season in Los Angeles, IDA staff were thrilled to host another Volunteer Appreciation Night at the Iron Triangle Brewery in the Downtown Arts...

Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Premiering February 25 on PBS World, ‘63 Boycott documents a boycott of the...

Essential Doc Reads is a weekly feature in which the IDA staff recommends recent pieces about the documentary form and its processes. Here we feature think pieces and important news items from around...